Sprint adds new cities to its WiMAX network

Sprint chugs along with its we-call-it-4G-you-call-it-WiMAX coverage by adding Modesto and Stockton, CA, Jacksonville, FL, Wilmington, DE and Grand Rapids, MI to the portfolio. With these additional areas Spint is now blanketing the following cities :

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I've had 4G on my EVO here in Wilmington, Delaware for the last few weeks. I guess they didnt want to officially "announce" it until now. But the 4G is gggggggggreat. I dont even use Social Networking apps when I have close to 10mbs speeds... facebook full site on my Dolphin Browser HD on my EVO takes under a second to fully load.
Also I use "Music Wizard" to DL free songs; they take about 5-10 seconds to DL - faster than my Comcast!

Listen to the new clearer commercials lately they don't even mention Sprint. They're talking about how any phone with WiFi can use clearwires 4G data network, and to throw a little more salt on it, they say bump your iPhone data to 4G with clearwire wimax in their own commercials....seriously. why would anyone want Sprint, I can pay for mobile wimax for my pc but with that same subscription use my Droid incredible and hook it up 4G wimax style, are you guys writing this down, Sprint is the first company to pull wool over your eyes and tell you your the first to get 4G, but your not, clearwire is, and ANYONE can use it, your just sucked in to sprint, is the only difference. Smile your on I just got raped.

Hello Sprint? HOW THE F' are you going to put WiMax in Grand Rapids MICHIGAN and NOT put it in San Diego, CA (the 2nd LARGEST city in CALIFORNIA)?????
Hello??? Is this thing on????
Customer service FAIL

I work for sprint and I ask the same thing why does Modesto have 4g with a population of about 211,000 i reallly think its a blind folded exec spins around in a chair and throws a dart at a map to pick some of these cities

Well, I suppose you need 4G training then because there is a reason why Sprint (and most other carriers) bring new services out to mid or small markets first. They don't know how the network would react to say 1 million new customers on their network at one time. It could cause a huge crash, which is what happened with a lot of the Rev. A roll out for both Sprint and VZW. Just like when Sprint brought 4G to Dallas, they installed the network in the outskirts first, fixed all the bugs, then brought it in town. To go along with that, if they debut it in a large city without testing it first and there are kinks, that's so many million more people impacted as opposed to a few thousand. Sprint (or Clear rather), knows what they're doing, and you're a customer-facing rep for a reason.

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i work for Sprint,and everyone is ed to this charge where they purchased their devices,and then they still are routed to Sprint with their first call to re-confirm all the acc info(including the $10 premium charge)And the reason i know this cause i montor over 1000+calls a day,and yes all our agents are trained for this premium chg to be said.So if stores are not telling u guys about this charge don't blame Sprint,go complain to the store mangers,there's the ones we always have to deal with!!!!!!And for all those dedicated custumers of ours,thank you all for your support for all our 4G devices.And with this last note with our release date for the "EPIC" stay tuned,and we appreciate that

The higher cost is based on broader coverage footprint. Ppl like to take shots at Verizon for how much they cost but fail to realize that they continue to be rated #1 for a reason. Sprint can't standout for anything else...its short-lived 4G until LTE hits and oh its customer service (which is still not attracting an effective amount of new customers) so the only option is to cut prices. How else can they stand out? Even with the EVO...the needle for Sprint has moved very minimally. If cheaper were better KIA would be #1 car manufacturer and homes would be filled with Sylvania TV's instead of Samsung, Sony or LG. Last time i checked Sprint doesn't even own their own towers...i believe Ericsson does so lets not go there about who has worse business practices.

yeah that means they have a lot of debt! ITS CLEAWIRE NOT 4G!!!! theres a difference. YOUR NOT THE FISRT COMPANY TO GET 4G WHEN YOU USE A WIRELESS COMPANIES NETWORK TO DO IT!! Freaking losers, I swear to god. My mom works for sprint she says people like all you crazies call in all the time and just wine and cry. Im going to go sign up for CLEARWIRE and turn on my WIFI CAPABILITIES and THEN I WILL HAVE 4G TOO!!!! YIPEEE!!! Freakin bull.....

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